Society

Initiation school mired in filth

Illegal dumping is compromising Xhosa traditional practice at a school in Govan Mbeki

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Brief | 7 November 2019

Asylum seeker wins right to marry

The Supreme Court of Appeal has declared Home Affairs’s prohibition on asylum seekers marrying unconstitutional

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Law | 21 October 2019

Teenage gang fights erupt between villagers

Community leader says parents don’t want to involve the police

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Brief | 18 October 2019

Gordon’s Bay mosque approved after five-year wait

Objectors say further action may follow

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News | 14 October 2019

Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment

South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months

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News | 26 August 2019

Constitutional Court rules that interim divorce orders may not be appealed

But the door has been left open for future litigation on interim orders

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Law | 20 August 2019

Somalian shops in Khayelitsha looted after shooting

“It was no longer about the shooting anymore but hatred towards us Somalians” says shop owner

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Brief | 29 July 2019

How the Barn is helping Khayelitsha’s entrepreneurs

Non-profit technology hub offers office space for people to run their businesses

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News | 26 July 2019

“We don’t grow plants, we grow people”

Streetscapes’ urban gardens offer people living on the streets a way to reintegrate with society

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News | 24 July 2019